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Gunman from Jordan kills three Israelis at border crossing, Israeli army says

8 Sep 2024

NEAR ALLENBY BRIDGE CROSSING, West Bank (Reuters) -A gunman from Jordan killed three Israeli civilians at the Allenby Bridge border crossing in the occupied West Bank before security forces shot him dead on Sunday, Israeli authorities said. It was the first attack of its kind along the border with Jordan since Oct. 7, when Palestinian …

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Venezuela opposition candidate Gonzalez leaves for Spain as diplomatic tensions rise

8 Sep 2024

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Vivian Sequera BRASILIA/CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuela’s former presidential opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has left for Spain in the wake of the South American country’s contested election, Venezuelan and Spanish officials said on Saturday night after a day of rising diplomatic tensions. Gonzalez, 75, who ran against President Nicolas Maduro in July, left …

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Australia’s census to include sexual orientation, gender questions for first time

8 Sep 2024

By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will include questions on sexual orientation and gender in its census for the first time, after more than a week of controversy over the centre-left Labor government’s earlier decision to exclude them. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Sunday the 2026 census would include sexual orientation and gender, although …

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Israeli strike kills three Lebanese medics, Hezbollah retaliates

7 Sep 2024

By Laila Bassam CAIRO (Reuters) -Three Lebanese paramedics were killed and two others wounded, one critically, in an Israeli attack while they were extinguishing fires in the southern town of Faroun, Lebanon’s health ministry said on Saturday. “Israeli forces targeted a team from the Lebanese Civil Defence as they responded to fires sparked by recent …

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Israeli troops shoot Turkish-American woman dead at West Bank protest, officials say

7 Sep 2024

By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli troops shot and killed a Turkish-American woman who had been taking part in a protest against settlement expansion in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, Palestinian and Turkish officials said. The White House said it was deeply disturbed by the death of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi and called …

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UN Security Council mulls asking UN to plan for Haiti peacekeepers

6 Sep 2024

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council began considering on Friday a draft resolution to extend the mandate for an international security mission helping Haiti fight armed gangs and ask the U.N. to plan for it to become a formal peacekeeping mission. The mandate of the Multinational Security Support (MSS)mission …

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Mexico’s incoming president announces new picks for military brass

6 Sep 2024

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum Friday announced her picks to serve as the country’s top military leaders once she takes office next month, naming General Ricardo Trevilla as defense minister and Admiral Raymundo Morales to lead the Navy. The two posts are among the most senior for Mexico’s military, which under outgoing President …

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Brazil grants 32 immigrants right not to be forcibly repatriated

6 Sep 2024

By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s has guaranteed 32 immigrants of various nationalities who are at Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos Airport the right not to be forcibly repatriated, according to court rulings seen by Reuters. The preliminary rulings answer to habeas corpus requests filed by the Federal Public Defender’s Office asking for the immigrants not …

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Israeli forces pull out of Jenin leaving a trail of destruction

6 Sep 2024

By Ali Sawafta JENIN (Reuters) -Israeli forces pulled out of the Palestinian city of Jenin on Friday, leaving a mass of damaged buildings and infrastructure, following one of the biggest security operations in the occupied West Bank in months. Road diggers began clearing piles of debris and rubble left by the operation, which involved hundreds …

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After US talks, Nicaragua expels dozens of political prisoners to Guatemala

5 Sep 2024

WASHINGTON/GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -The United States secured the release of dozens of political prisoners in Nicaragua on Thursday following talks with the government of President Daniel Ortega, who has in recent years often expelled individuals who he sees as hostile to his rule. The White House announced that 135 prisoners were freed from jail on humanitarian …

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